AURIS Finance is an independent advisor firm offering a wide range of investment banking and financing services, including devising complex financial operations.
AURIS Finance is made up of specialists who are intimately familiar with your industry.
Renown experts constitute the core of AURIS Finance’s team. They are former company executives who can boast of several decades of experience and who fully master all aspects of company mergers.
HR, temporary work, recruiting
Jacques ROBOH
Jacques ROBOH
Jacques has devoted most of his career to managing human resources and temporary employment businesses. He has built up a group of service companies generating close to €100 million in revenue all together.
Jacques founded AURIS Finance in 2000, and now focuses exclusively on mergers & acquisitions and structured products advisory
Agroalimentaire, Grande Consommation, Distribution
Olivier KOPP
Olivier KOPP
Olivier a consacré l’essentiel de sa carrière à l’Agroalimentaire. Il a occupé des fonctions de direction auprès de plusieurs groupes internationaux : UNILEVER, BONGRAIN, CAMPBELL’S SOUP… avant de prendre en 1997 la tête de la SCAMARK, filiale MDD du Groupement E.Leclerc.
En 2007, il reprend en LBO et développe avec succès les biscuiteries Traou Mad et Millcrêpes, PME qu’il cèdera en 2012 avant de rejoindre AURIS Finance.
Food industry and organic sector
Bernard Gaud
Bernard Gaud
Bernard has a large experience of General Manager in food industry, either in national companies or international groups (Sodima Yoplait/Candia , Arcadie) or in SMEs of this business field (Etoile du Vercors, Garcin)
Entrepreneur, Bernard has also created, developed – especially by external growth- and sold companies, in organic food industry. So, he is familiar with patrimonial M&A
Otherwise he has always been very active in employer’s association, on regional and national levels.
Industrial and Engineering Services, Industrial equipment
Henri-Jacques VAN TICHELEN
Henri-Jacques VAN TICHELEN
Graduated in civil engineering / MBA, Henri-Jacques has spent most of his professional career in industrial equipment and services, such as engineering.
Henri-Jacques has managed, both in France as well as in Belgium, several leading industrial actors and, within these, he has realized a number M&A operations: sale, acquisition and restructuring operations. He has also been associated to private equity funds in a family group take-over through LBO.
Based in Brussels, Henri-Jacques has joined Auris Finance in order to develop its activities in Europe.
Senior Analyst
Damien GROS
Damien GROS
After MBA (Finance) graduation, Damien started his financial career in an international M&A advisory group before joining the AURIS Finance team.
Damien has participated in many M&A transactions and business valuation projects.
Home Care, Health & Beauty care, Textile & Clothing
Christian DUVAL
Christian DUVAL
Christian spent most of his career in fast moving consumer goods companies like Duracell, Gillette, Procter & Gamble. Then he took over the CEO position of DIM Brand Apparel and worked with private equity companies.
Christian had the opportunity as well to manage M&A operation and sales deals.
Services to businesses
Eric Laune
Eric Laune
For more than 20 years, Eric fulfilled managerial functions of Business Unit in provision of services to businesses (Human Resources, part-time work, multiservice and Facility Management) within international large-scale groups such as ELIOR and ATALIAN.In this framework, he actively took part in the working-out of strategic plans aiming at developing new fields of abilities or at defining new orientations; leading to the setting-up of transfer and acquisition operations. Eric also contributed to create and develop a “G.I.E.” (= Organization for Economic Interest) to meet European invitations to tender.
Financing
Frédéric AUBRY
Frédéric AUBRY
Graduated from l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Paris, Frédéric has spent his career in France and abroad as a manager within several industries such as tourism, luxury hotel, air transport and aeronautics. As part of his duties, he participated in the recovery and restructuring of more than 50 companies and has realized numerous transactions of mergers, sales and organizational consulting.
Since 2014, Frederic realises operational consulting missions in finance, fundraising and corporate restructuring.
Human Resources & Training
Arnaud de La TOUR
Arnaud de La TOUR
Arnaud – After having spent more than 2o years in HR consulting with large groups as well as SMEs, then took over, developed, and sold a temporary work company named Minerve.
He held positions on the Board of Directors of the APEC as well as the Presidency of the Prism (the Union of the Temporary Work) and FAFTT (OPCA). Which lends Arnaud with a deep expertise and a long track record in the field covering human resources : training, recruitment temporary work, umbrella company, transition management and outplacement.
We value a close relationship with our clients, and understand their expectations
Simplicity
We keep it simple when presenting our methods and our role in the complex world of mergers and acquisitions.
Promptness
The entire team is at your disposal and will swiftly react to answer any questions or concerns you may have.
Transparency
Our team will keep you informed of the steps we have taken and of our overall progress on the mission you’ve given us : you know what we are doing for you, and why we are doing it at all times.
Experience
Our know-how is based on our team’s vast combined experience, and knowledge and understanding of several professions.
Confidentiality
As soon as we start working together, we will draw up a formal contract that guarantees the confidentiality of your project and of the data you provide us with.
Network
We have at our disposal a large network of experts from different fields that we can draw upon to help us meet your needs (legal, fiscal, wealth management, real estate...).
We apply a proven method to our assignments.
Our method is simple, straight-forward and efficient, and will allow you to meet with only the most relevant and qualified experts to bring about your sale or acquisition project.
Our servicesOne of the main challenges of my sales project was finding a buyer who could keep my company sustainable. AURIS Finance was the best choice to take the lead because of their industry expertise. The team displayed outstanding professionalism throughout the entire process.
A few representative transactions
Acquired company
Acquirer’s advisor
Was sold to company
Sole advisor of the sellers
Was sold to Group
Shareholders’ advisor
